sports Bemidji finished third at its annual boys swimming and diving invitational Friday and coach Woody Leindecker was very pleased with how his athletes performed.
"We had 18 season-best times," Leindecker said.
Bemidji, 56619

Bemidji Minnesota P.O. Box 455 56619

2012-08-06 12:35:21

Bemidji finished third at its annual boys swimming and diving invitational Friday and coach Woody Leindecker was very pleased with how his athletes performed.

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"We had 18 season-best times," Leindecker said. "We had a great week of practice with some heavy endurance yardage and everybody responded with great swims."

Grand Rapids won the meet with 656 points and Grand Forks was second with 566.5 Bemidji took third with 309 and trailing the pack were Thief River Falls with 290.5 and Moorhead with 272.

Individually BHS had many top-five performances including Tyler Hemp's second in the 200 IM (2:15.30). Nick Gubbels was fourth in the 50 free (24.97) and fifth in the 100 free (55.17) while Gunnar Nelson and Sam Howard finished 3-4 in diving. Nelson scored 163.95 and Howard 155.85.

Matt Arndt claimed fifth in the 100 fly (1:04.95) and Eli Wright was fifth in the 500 free (5:38.53).

The Lumberjacks were third in the 200 free relay (1:42.01) and fifth in the 400 free relay (4:03.90).